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That is what Arteta is trying to overcome, as he makes constant appeals to only consider the future. It is not just about revenge for last season, a quick recovery after a shock defeat to RC Lens or even or reasserting Arsenal\u2019s title credentials after a rare City defeat.<\/p>\n

It will be about overcoming the knowledge that the champions almost always beat them. That can be a huge psychological factor for a team, because of how it can create a fatalism, even subconsciously.<\/p>\n

Arteta can at least point to one big victory in the FA Cup as well as this summer\u2019s shoot-out win in the Community Shield, but the fact the Premier League represents their great ambition means there\u2019s a different feel to it. It\u2019s something they need to address, especially if they are to actually beat City in the league. That seems like one of those psychological hurdles that needs to be overcome, in the same way City themselves had it with Manchester United after the Abu Dhabi takeover.<\/p>\n

The Community Shield may still influence this, mind, because of how Guardiola himself did something so different in that game. He decided to properly bait the press, in the same way that Roberto De Zerbi has made his great innovation. Arsenal didn\u2019t bite, and came through the game, but it has almost set a kind of tactical arms race in motion; where last season\u2019s top two keep trading significant events that could affect the course of this year.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal beat City to Declan Rice, City attempted to undercut Arsenal\u2019s entire approach by baiting the press. Arsenal didn\u2019t respond but are trying to add more tactical variety to last season, meaning they don\u2019t start the campaign as well as the champions. City then lost Rodri to a red card and unexpectedly lost a game, allowing Arsenal back in.<\/p>\n

That could now be offset with the absence of Saka, as both managers attempt to figure out what next.<\/p>\n

It does mean there has been a high degree of variation, to a fixture that has continuously gone one way for six years.<\/p>\n

That is a long run for Arsenal to overcome, a lot of mental conditioning about how this match is supposed to go.<\/p>\n

It could be said they\u2019re \u201cdue\u201d, but that could have been said years ago. Much might depend on the moment.<\/p>\n

Will Guardiola attempt to bait Arsenal again, or was that bait in itself? Does Arteta prepare for that, or prepare for something different altogether?<\/p>\n

Both of these managers could send each other down all manner of avenues with second guesses, all the more so because they know each other so well.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t, for once, mean we know how this ends. That in itself may depend on who starts.<\/p>\n

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